Disclaimer: This does not include those who behave like gentlemen\ladies.

It occured to me these days that more and more rich people choose to expose themselves on the street, in the club, at the restaurant by showing off more and more money. For me, they are just demonstrating the fact that they have absolutely no idea of manners and gentleman-like behaviour at all. This doesn't happen only in developing countries (my home country) but also in very developed countries where you would expect people to have a good taste when it comes to fashion and to behave properly.

Recently I have been walking in Geneva, and apart from the huge number of designer handbags that were on the street, there was this particular individual, with clear European face complexity, that had an interesting style. He wore a black shirt, white pants, skater sneakers but what was very interesting was his belt, that featured a big D&G sign the size of a CD!! This is not the only case. A short, stocky woman dressed in a big fur coat and a bag that had written Louis Vuitton all over it bumped in me in a magazine shop, nearly sending me to the ground, and she didn't even apologise afterwards.

As King Henry V pointed out in the "Things I don't understand, and probably never will" thread in the Frontroom, where is the intelligence, the manners and the impeccable behaviour of the noble class? People consider it arrogant, but it shows you are educated and you don't behave like a worker on a construction site, who will make even a prostitute blush with his colourful language and his "amazing" rudeness.

There is a distinction between snobbery and class. Unfortunately people who are trying to be elegant and mannered end up being utter snobs, as Rythmic pointed in the same thread.

So, when does a rich man (I'm only talking about the upper class here) crosses the line between snobbery and elegance? I am still asking myself why do we need to show off so much money, especially in these troubled economic times.

Thank you for reading my rant.